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Lou Davenport |
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September 08, 2012 06:26:23pm |
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GratefulDead
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Song performance history charts |
Attached are two charts, showing the frequency of performances of Dark Star and Morning Dew from 1965-1995. Frequencies are expressed as number of performances per 40 shows, which is calculated using a moving window centered on any given show.
Because of the moving window, a single isolated performance of a song (such as the 12-31-81 Dark Star) will produce a plateau at 1 performance per 40 shows that is 40 shows wide. That's kind of weird, but it gets the point across if you know what to look for.
The X axis shows dates, but the linear sequence is show number, without any accounting for number of shows per year or gaps in GD performing. The list of shows comes from setlists.net, which has a bunch of early shows without setlists; and these charts also don't make any accounting for that, so actual performance frequencies will be understated for years with a bunch a shows with empty or majorly incomplete setlists.
I've been wanting to do this for over a year, but only recently found out how to semi-automatically process the data in the way I had to. I think they make nice snapshots of how the use of a song waxed and waned over the years.
And yes--this is what I'm doing on a Saturday night. Now back to music.
Attachment: Dark.Star.jpgAttachment: Morning.Dew.jpg
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Mooding |
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September 08, 2012 08:57:49pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
Very cool. I'm attaching a couple of docs you might be interested in; don't remember the sources and the spreadsheet (relax) isn't totally complete but that's how I found it.
Attachment: GD_songs_played_graph.pdfAttachment: songs_played_by_year.xls
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Lou Davenport |
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September 09, 2012 08:55:06am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
Hey--thanks very much for those, Mooding! The PDF in particular is a thing of beauty. If only it also had the covers, but arguably that would have just cluttered it up unless only covers with more than 20 performances or so were included.
Given the yearwise distribution, can we assume that the spreadsheet was compiled by William Tell's evil twin?
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unclejohn52 |
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September 09, 2012 10:17:06am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
I believe this is the studious work of Light into Ashes - was posted here a few years back. Can't find his original post, but I printed it out and kept it somewhere.....
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Lou Davenport |
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September 09, 2012 10:56:12am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
I might have guessed, right? That one figure looks like it involved a heck of a lot more work than all of the ones I've posted in this thread put together.
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Cliff Hucker |
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September 08, 2012 06:46:03pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
Pretty fucking cool how the chart for Dark Star forms a classic head and shoulders formation...
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Lou Davenport |
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September 08, 2012 06:58:26pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
I think I see what you're talking about. Does that signify something?
Eyes of the World, on the other hand, they binged on at first and then never grew tired of.
Attachment: Eyes.of.the.World.jpg
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Cliff Hucker |
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September 09, 2012 02:38:51pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
A head and shoulders formation indicates a market correction or reversal. In the case of Dark Star performances per 40 shows it's obviously a Bearish indicator...
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Space Jogger |
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September 09, 2012 09:55:58am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
Loving these charts! There are obviously quite a few possibilities for songs be represented in this way...
Other One vs. PITB, Shakedown Street?
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Lou Davenport |
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September 09, 2012 09:31:52am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
Here are some comparisons. The first two show times when songs like China and Rider, normally played in pairs, either are consistently paired or sometimes show up solo.
The last one checks my hunch that China Doll and Stella Blue played the same role in their setlists, which would imply that increases in the frequency of performing one would be associated with decreases in the frequency of performing the other. That certainly wasn't always the case, but I see enough times in the graph when one line is coming down at the same time as the other is going up, to think that it's not a coincidence.
Attachment: China_vs_Rider.jpgAttachment: Scarlet_vs_Fire.jpgAttachment: China_Doll_vs_Stella_Blue.jpg
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Lou Davenport |
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September 09, 2012 09:37:20am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Song performance history charts |
One more, showing when Franklin's Tower is or is not paired with Slipknot.
Attachment: Slipknot_vs_Franklin.jpg
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